Haiti’s economic and social unrest are not close to ending. The reason is simple: the underlying causes of the trouble have not been resolved. As it turns out, people’s quest for justice is linked to their aspirations for economic development and personal betterment. Something consistently ignored by our leaders, which is a real shame. The […]
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In From Aid to Trade, Daniel presents the pioneering concept of opportunity-based economic development ( OBED). OBED is the idea that both assets and liabilities can be transformed into market opportunities to meet demand profitably. Laying bare the vast opportunity cost of decades of failed aid initiatives, From Aid to Trade explains how NGOs in Haiti can partner
Technology and innovation in Haiti offer a plethora of opportunities for growth for Haiti, the small-island nation state in the Caribbean. When one hears the word innovation, the first thought might be of Uber, patents, big-budget R&D departments, and/or creating cool, new products that makes people’s lives easier. However, OECD (2005) gives a comprehensive take
History books in Haiti and all over the world will forever bear pages of the events of the January 12th, 2010 earthquake that changed how the world looked at Haiti and her people. Almost a decade later, Haiti is still a stark difference to what the media has fed the world. We’ve heard that the
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As we turn the page to a new year and we struggle to remember to turn our 8s into 9s, it is important to look back at what happened in Haiti in 2018. There was some good, some bad, and some lessons to be learned economically and politically that we can use to change Haiti into a
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In a recent post, I discussed how Haiti can create wealth and enjoy a more prosperous future. I touched on why economic growth and creating wealth is the primary goal of economists and policymakers and how Haiti can create economic growth. It is not really a point of contention that economic growth and wealth creation isn’t good
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In my last article, ‘The end of Haiti’s problem is not for tomorrow’, I explained how Haitians are poor today. It was very easy to explain because Haitians gave birth to 152,210 babies in 2018 at the same time the growth of GDP in nominal terms was $126 million. 1.5% GDP growth vs 1.31% the population
Why Haiti creates more poverty than wealth today. The reason: we are myopic. Read More »
In From Aid to Trade, Daniel presents the pioneering concept of opportunity-based economic development ( OBED). OBED is the idea that both assets and liabilities can be transformed into market opportunities to meet demand profitably. Laying bare the vast opportunity cost of decades of failed aid initiatives, From Aid to Trade explains how NGOs in Haiti can partner
Daniel brings business and development expertise to diverse, global audiences in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Sharing his insights with colleges like Notre Dame University in the United States and development initiatives like Cuenca Partners in Ecuador and Business as Mission in Thailand, Daniel’s vision for economic development represents the forefront of development thinking. Speaking on panels
Over the years and as much as the figures have shown, several developed countries seem to have taken it upon themselves to reach out to the poor countries with relief materials and support of other forms. In 2017 alone, the United States government budgeted over 42 billion USD for foreign aid purposes, most of which
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